“The board broke its own equal opportunity rules.”
According to a BBC report, the Northern Ireland Policing Board spent £200,000 fighting a fair employment tribunal ruling only to, eventually, settle out of court under a confidentiality agreement. The case had been brought by journalist Chris Ryder. From the BBC report However, Mr Ryder said he feels justified in breaking the terms because of “the gross misuse of public money”. “The board broke its own equal opportunity rules. It manipulated the election process to discriminate against me,” he said. “They destroyed …